Oil, Revolution, and Indigenous Citizenship in Ecuadorian Amazonia (Latin American Political Economy)

This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relations in contemporary Ecuador to produce an analysis of oil and Revolution in twenty-first century Latin America. Ecuador’s recent history is marked by changes in state-citizen relations: the election of political firebrand, Rafael Correa; a new constitution recognizing the value of pluriculturality and nature’s rights; and new rules for distributing state oil revenues. One of the most emblematic projects at this time is the Correa administration’s Revolución Ciudadana, an oil-funded project of social investment and infrastructural development that claims to blaze a responsible and responsive path towards wellbeing for all Ecuadorians. The contributors to this book examine the key interventions of the recent political revolution—the investment of oil revenues into public works in Amazonia and across Ecuador; an initiative to keep oil underground; and the protection of the country’s most marginalized peoples—to illustrate how new forms of citizenship are required and forged. Through a focus on Amazonia and the Waorani, this book analyzes the burdens and opportunities created by oil-financed social and environmental change, and how these alter life in Amazonian extraction sites and across Ecuador. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. The Road To The Revolution Ciudadana -- Pt. I Constructing The Revolution -- 2. In And Out Of The Shadows Of Citizenship -- 3. The Habits Of Oil Rule -- 4. The Problem Of Poverty -- Pt. Ii Fissures In The Revolution -- 5. Oil As Risk In Waorani Territory -- 6. Neoextractivism And Its Contestation In Ecuador -- 7. Human Rights And People In Voluntary Isolation -- 8. Oil Flux And Unrest. Flora Lu, Gabriela Valdivia, Néstor L. Silva. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii The Road to the Revolución Ciudadana ....Pages 1-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 In and Out of the Shadows of Citizenship....Pages 35-68 The Habits of Oil Rule....Pages 69-99 The Problem of Poverty....Pages 101-129 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 Oil as Risk in Waorani Territory....Pages 133-178 Neoextractivism and Its Contestation in Ecuador....Pages 179-227 Human Rights and People in Voluntary Isolation....Pages 229-263 Oil Flux and Unrest....Pages 265-286 Back Matter....Pages 287-296